The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your p

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The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

Undoubtedly, knowledge is the most important of every person living on this planet. Without knowledge nobody can survive in this world full of competition. Knowledge cannot be demanded but has to be attained by various practices based on several aspects of life such as learning, failing, trying, succeeding etc. As said, with learning knowledge can be attained and so learning gives rise to failure. I strongly support, the first step to self-knowledge is the rejection of our familiar thoughts or practices.

Primarily, every person at first tends to be in his comfort zone without trying anything with which they are not familiar. Practicing the things which are known to them will only make them good at that particular thing and if their motive is to learn then it would not be achieved by doing the mundane work. For example, if a person who is very good at a particular style of swimming would want to try new styles to be familiar with other styles too. But that does not mean the same person would be successful in that style too immediately. So here the word "rejection" comes into picture. Rejection always makes us learn many things which we should improve on to be capable of prosperity in that field.

Secondly, it is very important for a person to know which field they are most interested in. If a person does not tend to try new things then their area of interest would never be explored. Imagine, if Mother Teresa would not be inspired but helping others and just worked for her self betterment we would not have a great inspiration which we all now she was. Yes, people may face failures but that is not the end of life for them, it can moreover prove a boon in disguise that can help them know their weaknesses and strengths and would eventually lead to success.

However, rejection sometimes is very devastating. It can also depends on the cause that at what stage of life you are and what success would mean for you at that particular time. Our very first knowledge is when we are learning how to walk, leaning to speak, learning to eat etc. Surely there is no child that had entered in this world with all the knowledge available to him. So all this things which seems to be so easy for a grown up now would have been so difficult for a new born, "why"? , Because this was new to them. Exactly the point, the things with which we are not familiar tend to deactivate us momentarily, but eventually success over them can be easily achieved by hardworking and knowledge.

In sum, it is true that our thoughts, behavior, self-belief are all dependent on the actions we do. So if we limit our thoughts and actions to the things only familiar then it hurts our learning process. People should tend to learn different things out of their comfort zone even if tough at start would help them to learn many things which is the primary purpose. Also, rejection is a part and parcel of everyone's life. It should not hamper any people dreams but only make him stronger and more knowledgeable.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 94, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...hich field they are most interested in. If a person does not tend to try new thing...
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Line 13, column 20, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[4]
Message: The adverb 'sometimes' is usually put after the verb 'is'.
Suggestion: is sometimes
...ead to success. However, rejection sometimes is very devastating. It can also depends o...
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Message: The verb 'can' requires the base form of the verb: 'depend'
Suggestion: depend
...etimes is very devastating. It can also depends on the cause that at what stage of life...
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Suggestion:
...t at what stage of life you are and what success would mean for you at that parti...
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Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... the knowledge available to him. So all this things which seems to be so easy for a ...
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Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...ficult for a new born, 'why'? , Because this was new to them. Exactly t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, as to, for example, such as, it is true

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 12.4196629213 177% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 57.0 33.0505617978 172% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2508.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 534.0 442.535393258 121% => OK
Chars per words: 4.69662921348 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80712388197 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64639102336 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47191011236 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 753.3 704.065955056 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.9657087245 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.8888888889 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7777777778 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.18518518519 5.21951772744 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.158044241811 0.243740707755 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0481341157181 0.0831039109588 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0461548392503 0.0758088955206 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0967630900566 0.150359130593 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.040491460105 0.0667264976115 61% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 14.1392134831 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 48.8420337079 141% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 12.1743820225 68% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.98 12.1639044944 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.39 8.38706741573 88% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 100.480337079 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.7820224719 68% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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